Friday, October 10, 2008

Scenes From Oxford, Part 2

Road sign at Oxford University campus. The Eagle and Child pub where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and the other Inklings met for lunch-time discussions of their writings.
St. Mary the Virgin Church behind the Radcliffe Camera.



Thursday, October 9, 2008

Scenes From Oxford, Part 1

Radcliffe Camera library. Our tour guide took us in.
This is the Bodleian's Divinity library which was the first library.
A campus arch.
One of the college quadrangles.

Scenes From Stratford On Avon, Part 3

Grave yard at Holy Trinity. Walk leads to River Avon. Notice leaning tombstones.

Public library at Stratford On Avon. I used the library's internet.
Star Trek captain meets Cleopatra at Stratford On Avon's Swan Theater.

Scenes From Stratford On Avon, Part 2

Walk to side entrance of Holy Trinity Church. Shakespeare is buried inside the church. I was unable to see his grave because the church had just closed. Front of Holy Trinity Church.


Scenes From Stratford On Avon, Part 1


River Avon from Trinity Church property.
Fishing on the Avon.
There were a good number of skullers. Many of them women.

Scenes From London, Southwark Cathedral, Part 7

John Iones, parish pastor, died 1762.John Bingham, Esq., parish benefactor. Interesting monument. Notice the skull.

Diocese of Southwark banner.
John Gower, "first English poet," died 1408.



Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Scenes From London, Southwark Cathedral, Part 6

Shakespeare monument. Physician Lionel Lockyer. Famous for his pills. Died 1672.
Bishop Lancelot Andrewes, 17th century, was a great scholar and preacher. Belonged to the Order of the Garter.
Edward Talbot, first bishop of Southwark. This is a cenotaph or empty tomb. Bishop Talbot is buried in Winchester.